ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. Assign work to your team members, manage resources, estimate costs, automate workflows and much more. If not, you’re going to risk scope creep. Get started for free today. What Is Scrum?

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Growing Agile

MAY 12, 2022

Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of estimation. In the end I was happy with what he’d done as my main worry was the risk of a damaged engine, and I picked the car up the same day I dropped it off. Instead of that we should be listing what features we want in a backlog that is not estimated.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. Additionally, it may not be enough for you to know that agile methods are a logical addition to your toolset at work. So why choose agile?

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WorkOtter

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Resource estimation is an integral part of project management that often gets overlooked. Here’s your guide to resource estimation in project management and other factors, such as resource costs. What Is Resource Estimation in Project Management? Many businesses also use this process to determine the risk in a project.

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. NoEstimates Agile projects are fast and adaptive. NoEstimates Agile projects are fast and adaptive.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

So let’s have a look at some typical agile negotiation scenarios. ?? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Agile Verhandlungen – Das Leben ist Verhandlungssache; warum sollte Scrum anders sein? ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

These innovative agile practices are a departure from the Taylorist traditions of the defense industry, which is grappling with continuous inflation and delays, impacting national security and human lives. Any change forces teams to wait for each other, while generating risks on the overall product quality.

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Musings on Project Management

AUGUST 14, 2017

We all make estimates; and we all make estimates all the time. When I make the 20 mile trip each Tuesday to a client site, I estimate adjustments to a baseline based on weather and road construction and if I know about an accident.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 4, 2024

Track Costs and Resource Utilization ProjectManager’s kanban board allows you to estimate the duration of tasks in days or hours so you can keep track of labor costs based on the pay rate of your team members and create project timesheets in minutes. Here are some other key features and benefits.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Still plenty of teams use hourly estimates for complex work. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Think risk, effort, complexity.

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Velociteach

JUNE 7, 2023

Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Agile ceremonies (meetings) are time-boxed, which creates focus and a sense of urgency.

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Project Pulse Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM In the dynamic world of projects, risks are omnipresent. Every decision brings along its own set of uncertainties and complicated risks. Enter the realm of quantitative risk analysis. Essential tools such as Decision Trees and Monte Carlo Simulation enable thorough risk evaluations.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Project managers need to be comfortable with different estimation techniques. Foundational project management courses will teach you about analogous, bottom-up, parametric and three-point estimating. Take a course covering agile delivery and you’ll learn about relative sizing techniques such as estimating poker or t-shirt sizing.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation? Or shall we embark on an agile transformation with ChatGPT providing some guidance?

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Lee Henson Within the Agile framework, work in progress (WIP) is the amount of work that is currently being worked on but not yet completed by the team or organization. Limiting WIP is one of the core principles of Agile, and it is a critical aspect of ensuring that Agile teams can deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

And yes, agile project management artifacts get a mention. For example, an estimate is the obvious output of the estimating process, so estimates aren’t mentioned again as a separate project artifact. Assumption log Risk register Backlog (see, agile project artifacts are relevant too) Stakeholder register.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

Incremental delivery is central to Scrum because many of the benefits of Agile come from this concept. Objection: "We can't accurately estimate delivery timelines with incremental delivery." Explanation: Traditional project management often struggles with accurate timeline estimations.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2019

If the viability of your business depends on the marketplace, and they mostly all do, then you must know the risks inherent in trying to stay on a straight path across a moving landscape. To do so requires business agility. What Is Business Agility? Origins of Business Agility. Of course, the world doesn’t work that way.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It’s extremely easy to use with a low learning curve, so even if you aren’t (and don’t want to be) agile experts, you can quickly improve productivity and collaboration. Summary review of Teamhood: Teamhood is perfect for companies looking to work in more agile ways but without adding the overhead of ‘learning agile ’.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. Track Costs and Resource Utilization Unlike Jira kanban boards, ProjectManager kanban boards allow you to estimate the costs for each of your project tasks during the project planning phase and then track the actual costs of your project as tasks are executed.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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nTask

MARCH 31, 2022

Thus, cost estimation in project management is essential for predicting the project’s scope. The big difference between a project with and without cost estimation is that you’re somehow prepared for the latter as you’d have already predicted the budget constraints in your cost estimation process. Agreed, right?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Project budgets are estimated by project managers and then approved by the project client or stakeholders. Risk Management A project risk is an unexpected event, which can be positive or negative. Risks are identified, a plan of action is devised and the impact and likelihood of the risk occurring are determined.

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Planview

JANUARY 31, 2019

The following content is based on the whitepaper, “Bigger Than a Breadbox: 10 Tips for Better Project Estimates, Part 2,” written by Jerry Manas. From all the previous six parts of this series, it should be clear that effective estimation is a primary driver of project success, resource planning, and portfolio alignment. Use Your GPS.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Plenty of teams still use hourly estimates for complex work. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Think risk, effort, complexity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

And yes, agile project management artifacts get a mention. For example, an estimate is the obvious output of the estimating process, so estimates aren’t mentioned again as a separate project artifact. Although this list draws on PMI materials, it’s still going to be useful to you even if you use a different approach.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. At White October we continuously reflect on our process to refine the way we work.

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Planview

JULY 29, 2021

Risk management is one of the core project knowledge areas, an essential and ongoing process which can be described as the methodical process of identification, analysis and response to project risks involving several major phases which are similar to all projects. The Risk Analysis Process in Project Management.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2023

The problem with story points happens when they are used for predicting (estimating) schedules, as in velocity. Driving conversations around assumptions and estimating work are fundamentally different tasks. . Flow metrics and right-sizing PBIs work together to give you a better (yet imperfect) estimate will much less effort.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

For example, these tools allow you to assign tasks to your team members or create basic project schedules, but shouldn’t be used for planning or managing the execution of projects due to their lack of advanced project management features such as cost, resource or risk tracking.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In 2021, Cisco estimated that 82% of consumer internet traffic was video. I see a day in the not too distant future where you plug your task information into a tool and out pops an estimate, based on the last 12 projects using the same resource and qualitative data on past performance. Includes templates to get you started quickly.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Lean project management is part of an agile methodology that aims to increase customer value by removing project waste. This requires accurate estimates of resources.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Despite decades-long efforts of the whole agile community—books, blogs, conferences, webinars, videos, meetups; you name it—we are still confronted in many supposedly agile organizations with output-metric driven reporting systems. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

New Paper Improving Quality Through Intentionally Built Agile Systems Get it Now. In a fixed-time, fixed-cost, fixed-scope environment, time and cost estimates are often wrong and the pressure to deliver and get things into market faster intensifies. Paving the Way for Quality with Agile. Scaling Agile to Improve Quality.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

By Susan Parente | Risk Management Guru – Agile Generalist – Instructor and Consultant, IIL. Can Agile practices be incorporated with traditional project management?” The daily stand-up is used in Scrum, one of the most popular frameworks for implementing Agile. Looking for Agile training? And others.

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